COGENT ELLIOTT LIMITED
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Cash
£36k
+137,603.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£597k
+65.1% vs 2024
Employees
36
-14.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£149k
+136.5% first positive since 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,934,045 | £4,502,881 | £4,413,992 | £4,509,703 | £3,840,435 | £4,273,747 | +11.3% | |
| Operating profit | £18,070 | £457,434 | -£233,396 | £135,650 | £350,050 | £254,765 | -27.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£230,505 | £258,507 | -£512,529 | -£106,690 | £63,148 | £149,345 | +136.5% | |
| Net profit | -£181,005 | £208,507 | -£512,529 | -£106,690 | £123,148 | £235,345 | +91.1% | |
| Cash | £81,897 | £230,840 | £26 | £26 | £26 | £35,803 | +137,603.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,148,814 | £2,081,962 | £1,465,854 | £435,526 | £495,705 | £661,694 | +33.5% | |
| Net assets | £833,913 | £857,420 | £344,891 | £238,201 | £361,349 | £596,694 | +65.1% | |
| Equity | £833,913 | £857,420 | £344,891 | £238,201 | £361,349 | £596,694 | +65.1% | |
| Average employees | 65 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 42 | 36 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £2,234,353 | £1,997,891 | £2,077,733 | £2,254,885 | £1,938,510 | £1,701,534 | -12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £48,645 | £185,978 | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 10.2% | -5.3% | 3.0% | 9.1% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | -4.6% | 4.6% | -11.6% | -2.4% | 3.2% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 22.0% | -15.9% | 31.1% | 70.6% | 38.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.4% | 74.4% | 87.1% | 92.4% | 89.5% | 73.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.08x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.39x | 9.99x | -4.46x | 1.04x | 1.92x | 6.59x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COGENT ELLIOTT LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- MARK SCHOLES & COLIMITED 1965-03-05 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Dafferns Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the bank overdraft and loans were refinanced and replaced with a new 5-year term loan in a fellow group company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSELBY, Marcus Shaw | Director | 2017-10-27 | Dec 1971 | British |
| HUSSELBY, William Eric | Director | — | Jul 1939 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATTISON, Philip Raymond | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2019-06-03 |
| ROWLEY, Anthony Philip | Secretary | — | 1997-01-31 |
| TEAGUE, Julie Iris Ann | Secretary | 2019-06-03 | 2020-08-20 |
| ANDERSON, Peter Niel | Director | — | 1996-01-26 |
| BUCKLEY, Penelope Carol Jean | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2019-05-31 |
| COX, Pamela Mary | Director | — | 2002-05-14 |
| CROSS, Mark Stephen | Director | 1993-03-22 | 2003-09-30 |
| DAVIES, Peter Edward Francis | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1993-11-30 |
| FOX, Michael Basil | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| GIRLING, Mark Ian Emerson | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2001-03-09 |
| JACKSON, Christopher | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1993-01-01 |
| MORRIS, Christopher | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| MURRAY-WHITE, Peter Harold | Director | 1991-10-15 | 2000-10-14 |
| OAKES, Nigel Thomas | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1997-02-14 |
| RAYNER, Michael Andrew | Director | 1997-01-20 | 2014-04-08 |
| RICHARDSON, Duncan Malcolm | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1994-08-31 |
| ROWLEY, Anthony Philip | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1997-01-31 |
| RUSSELL, Peter James | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-04-05 |
| TEAGUE, Julie Iris Ann | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-08-20 |
| WARWICK, Jane | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1994-06-30 |
| WRINGE, John Faulkner | Director | — | 1997-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogent Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.